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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Story of n Watch,

GREENsBURG, Ind, September S.-About
a year ago Miss Jessie Hart, while walking
along one of the principal streets of this
city, was greatly surprised when she dis
covered that her gold watch, which was a
present from her father, was missing. She
supposed at the time that she had lost it
and search was made, but it could not be
found. To-day Cass Myers and his son, q
lad about ten years of age, were arrested
and placed in Jail upon the charge OF steal
ing the watch. The boy has made a con-
fession to Marshal Clemens. He claims
that be took the watch at the request of
his father while the young lady was prom
enadiDg on the street and gave it to his
father, who took 1t home and with whet-
stone removed the initials from the watch,
and after that was done he gave the watch
10 the boys mother. The boy says he saw
the watch hanging to the chain and out OF
the pocket and called his fathers attention
to 1t, and then ii was that the old man
persuaded the boy to slip up to the young
lady and take the watch.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
The Train Robbers Escape

AUSTIN, Tex. September 12-Informa.
ton just received from Manchaca Is to the
effect that the two train robbers supposed to
be surrounded In pasture four miles from
Manchaca never entered the enclosure at
all, and the officers found they had been
given the slip. Instead OF going into the
enclosure they succeeded in getting into a
creek bottom, down which they travelled
several miles, and then hid In the brush
until about shutdown, when they APP
preached farm house and bought two
horses and saddles, hats and shoes, saying
that they were cattle buyers, and had been
robbed. They mounted their steeds and
rode off in an easterly direction, leading to
the dense bottoms In the Geagus, where it
is generally believed they have friends.
Another posse secretly left here hoping to
intercept them, and got on their track
twenty miles from where they had cut
some wire fences. Since then nothing has
been heard from them. The Governor has
notified the sheriffs of the counties east to
take to the fields and keep q sharp lookout.
He is confident that they are the leaders
of the train robbers gang, and that their
capture will break it mp.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Gould BUYS the B. so. relscraph.

NEW YORK, September Sit was re-
ported on the Stock Exchange this after
noon that Jay Gould had bought the
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph lines; con-
sideration, 100000 in Western Union
stock. The announcement was followed
by wild scene in the Western Union
crowd, fully 200 brokers gather.
ing around the spot allotted to it in the
Exchange and their purchases, which
were enormous, forced the price from 77A
to 79T In less than a quarter of an hour.
Gould was on Wall street for q good part
of the day in conference with members of
the Baltimore and Ohio syndicate for over
an hour and a half. At o'clock sharp
be left for Irviugton. President Green, of
the Western Union Company, refused to
speak In regard to the matter. 0ne of the
Representatives of the syndicate admitted,
however. that the report was only prema-
tuTe and that the sale was inevitable.
What the terms were he refused to state.
The talk on the street was that the stock
of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Com
pany, amounting to $S,872 693 and held by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad among
it's assets, will be exchanged for Western
Union stock, and that the arrangements
made will probably be placed befo-e the
stockholders at the annual meeting Cd the
second Wednesday In October,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Young Man Killed.

EVANSVILLE. September Especial j
Edward Cough, a young msn nineteen
years OF age. wss killed by being thrown
from horse yesterday evening. He was
returning home with q friend, when they
decided to return to town. After going a
short distance Cough changed his mind,
az bis boIss a ae T stsIted on swift Pun
A few moments later his friend, Mont
gomery Brown, hearing a crash, turned
and saw the riderIess horse. He rode up
to it and close beside was the dead body of
young Cough. His head was crushed to
jelly,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
In the whole BideOus Catalocus

OF diseases there were none which previous to
the discovery of HostetUeI's Stomach Bitters, Of
fered more formidable resistance to the old
malarial disease, afflicted entire communities
that suffered helplessly. Chllls and fever, dumb
regarded as we'll nigh ipcurable. Now it re-
joices the hearts of thousands who reside in dis
tricts periodically subject to the visitation of
malaria, to feel certain that in the Bitters they
possess q certain defense against the scourge,
q sure means OF expelling its poison from the
system. To the settler in the far West the new
emigrant thither, and to travellers and tourists
by land and sea, the possession OF this pleasant
safeguard is q guaranty of safety from diseases
which they might yainly seek from any other
source.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
An Alleged Robbery.

RICHMOND, September S.-John a. Bow
er, Pittsburg travelling man, left that
city for indianapolis last evening and took
the train arrived at Eldorado, Ohio, this
morning. He at once reported to Conduc.
tor Dougan that he had been robbed some
where between where he went to sleep
and where he was awakened. He had
lost fine gold watch and chain, $95 in
money, q lot OF papers and his coat and
vest, the stolen articles being in his peck
cts. The matter was reported to Supsrin-
fendent Turner on the arrival of the tr 4io
here, and the affair is undergoing investi-
cation. The robbery was committed on
the same sleeper and in the same manner
that Col. Starr, of. this city, lost his
property sometime ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
KANSAS CROPS.
Secretary oftbe State Board Reports Only
Half the Usual Crop,

Secretary oftbe State Board Reports Only
Half the Usual Crop.
TOPEKA, Kas., September civilian
Sims, secretary Of the State Board of Agri-
culture, this morning made the following
official statement of the condition of the
crops in Kansas for the month closing
August 81:
Wheat-Winter and spring: We note
nc change since the date Of our last report
one month ago. The probable product is
z 470, 375 bushels, which, with the old
wheat on hand, will about meet the re-
auirements of the State for seed and
bread.
COMM view of the very general de-
msnd for definite information relating to
this crop the board has for the purposes Of
this report extended its inquiries much
beyond its list OF regular correspondents,
and after q careful compilation and
thorough analysis of the information re-
ceived from all sources, find the area
planted to be $3.50, 408 acres, or IL per
cent. in excess of our former year, of thus,
and 2 52O, 1872 acres, or 40 per cent, while
valuable for fodder will not be worth husk-
ing leaving 4,OOO,O76 acres from which
product may be expected. This acreage we
estimate will yield 50. 557 ,25S bushels, or
40 per cent. of the average annual product
for five years, which together with the old
corn now on hand (which we estimate at
100000 bushels) will, we think, when
properly distributed. about meet the re-
quiTements of the State. The counties of
Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Bran, Butler,
Chsutsuqua. Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford,
Dsnipban, Elk, Greenwood, Kingman, La
bette, Linn, Montgomery, Neoshs, Nemehs,
Republic, Sedgwick, Wilson and Woodson
-22-will have a surplus. The counties
of Atkinson, Chase, Godfrey, Harper,
Harvey, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, John
son, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McPher-
son, Miami, Norton, Phillips, PottaToto-
mic, Pratt, Rawlins Reno, Rice, Smith,
Stratford and Washington-24-will have
enough to meet local requirements, while
the remaining counties with possibly a
few exceptions will to greater or less ex-
| tent be purchasers of this cereal.
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the threshers records. The number of
sores reported threshed in the State is
230628. Independent of the record kept
by threshers' correspondents have made a
canvass and reportfrom the southern coun-
ties l els, 908 bushels threshed from 1885,
1872 acres. Computing by county, as be-
fore, the probable product obtained for the
State is 22,l00, III bushels or 81 ,568 bushels
more than found by using the acreages
obtained from the thseshers' lrecords. The
quantity of wheat reported mark eted in
August is 752 741 bushels of the 1886 wheat
crop, and 13, 800, 700 bushels have been re-
ported marketed to date.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14

LoGAEsPoRT, September 12.-[Special i
Rev. II. l. Stetson delivered his farewell
discourse before fully 1000 people at the
union services held at the Broadway Rink
last night. Mr.. Stetson has been pastor OF
the Baptist Church in this city for the past
ten years. He will leave in few days for
Desmoine, Iowa, to take charge of a con-
gregation in that city. Mr.. Stetson is q
very eloquent and forcible speaker, who
has been highly esteemed while here, both
for his rare talent and devotion to his
work,
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given Mr.. Hayes and $500 to his wife. The
instrument provides that the rents and
profits only be used by the Board for fifty
years, after which the realty shall be at its
disposal. Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes are old peo-
ole and chlldless but are enthusiasts in the
foreign mission WORK. The large amount
given to-day is not part of the million
for missions which Chaplain McCabe is now
engaged in raising.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14

Forty years past boon was sent
That carried healing where il went
To suffering humanity.
We might relate its virtues great,
Yet not be charged with vanity.
For is it not by all confessed
OF remedies PONDS EXTRACTS best2
Beware, however, ye who buy,
And never limitations try.
II disappointment You'd not own,
Insist on PONDS EXTRACT alone.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
OVER THE STATE.
Grand Success Of the Montgomery County
Fair Of Charlottesville.
wayne-The Story of a watch,
Etc.
Montgomery County Fair.

CBAwFoRDsvILLE, September 9.-lSpec-
ial.l-To-day theclimax of the Montgomery
County fair was reached. The attendance
isvariously estimated from Ii, 900 to 10000.
Excursion trains from all directions
brought in thousands of people. The dis
play of art was the finest for years. The
exhibition of stock and farm products was
also very fine. The horse and bicycle races
were interesting throughout, in each OF
which some of the swiftest racers in the
State engaged. All in all, the fair was up
TO the standard.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
DePauw's Jubilee Year.

GREENcAsTLE, September u -[5psciall-
The present year being the fiftieth, is the
Jubilee year of DePauw University. The
session begins Wednesday and promises
to be one OF the most prosp rous of this
remarkably prosperous institution. DR..
Green, the financial agent. reported the
sum of $4,000 and interest so nearly
made up at his conference last week that
without much trouble the rest was Sc
cured. MessTs Parrot. of Newport Whit.
comb, of Clinton: Studebaker, of South
Bend, and Cooper, of Michigan, were the
main contributors.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
JACK HowARD's SHORTAGE.
Warden Patteu Gives Figures Showing

Warden Patteu Gives Figures Showing q
deficit of S7,7OO.
Governor Gray, on his return from the
Southern Prison, stated that EX-Warden
Towards shortage or defalcation to the
prison funds would not exceed SIS, 900. The
Governor SAYS he stated to the reporter at
the time that Howard had left an indebted
ness composed of salaries due guards and
other Items, the amount of which he did
received. by the Governor from Warden
Pssten shows that Towards shortage to the
furcs of the prison is less than IS, 900;
yEFFERsoNYnLE, IND, September 5, 1887.
Isaac P. Gray Governor:-I herewith furnish
statement of repairs at Indiana State Prison
sonth since March /, 1887, together with other
information:
on the buildings. All cells have been worked
over, either pastered, painted o. whitew ashed.
Cell. houses reprinted and Whitewashed, Have
put in 1900 feetof new flooring. Putup cupalo'
house, engine room, stack for enRmeling fur
mace and other brick work to the amount OF l00,-
600 brick. Repaired the wooden wall by putting
in new posts, new guards walk and new tops
and whitewashed the same. Repaired the brick
walls by putting on Few tops, painting up
and withdrawing the same. Repaired and
painted all the tin roofing on cell-h0uSes.
The earnings of the institution have been
greatly increased and the earnings for mouth
of August are forty cts per capita, including Sun
DAYS, for every inmate. which makes the tnsti-
tuition selfsustaining for the first time in its
history. Although there are at present the low.
est number OF conviots for many years. there is
no doubt but that with the usual increase from
the fall terms of the courts that hereafter there
will be no question about its being made SELF
sustaining.
The following is the Indebtedness under the
former administration: Pay rolls, salaries of
officers and guards for four months, g. 0S6 81 ;
other Indebtedness, SIS, 600; due from Perrin d
Gaff Manufacturing Company, S9,l0A72, leaving
real Indebtedness sls 1882 l9. The shortage of ex-
Warden Howard is on the following accounts:
Convict, cash. S., 400; library fund, 81 300; gen.
erai fund, $780,; total, s. 700,
Respectfully submitted.
J. B. PATrEN.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Bridal Ralls-Conrt. Etc

SEYMOUR, September 9.-[Special. Mar
ried at 80 o'clock last night at the resi-
dence of the brides brother, Mr.. George
Schaefer, Justice Mills s. Reeves master of
ceremonies, Mr.. Richard A. Coleman and
Miss Anna L. Schaefer. The happy
couple reside at Louisville, and are
two of the most highly respected
young people of that city. The bride Is a
niece of ex-County Treasurer, and cashier
of the Jackson County Bank, this city.
They will return to Louisville tonight,
which will be their home in future.
The Circuit Court. reopened yesterday
after few days vacation, and Judge Col
Inns is dispatchiDg business with his usual
DromDtnesa.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
w. g. Richey's Funeral.

GREENFIELD, September. 12.-[5Decial.
The funeral OF William G.. Richey, whose
death was reported to the Sentinel Satur-
day, was held this morning at 10 o'clock.
The funeral was conducted under the au-
spices of the survivors of the 9th Indiana
cavalry, of which regimant Mr.. Richey was
a prominent member. a large concorse Of
people attended and it was noticeable that
great numbers of the poor of the city, to
whom Mr.. Rlchey was very charitabl lie,
were present.
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The m. Il. Conference.

GREEScAsTLE, September 9.-The business
before the conference to-day was raising
the deficit Of s., 500 subscribed by the
conference to the DePauw university fund.
After securing 1885 in pledges from the
moved that the raising of the remaining
81 900 be referred to the lay conference,
which meets this evening. W. r. Nc
Keen, president of the Vandalia railroad,
subscribed $500 to the fund Elijah Hays
Of Warsaw, through the influence OF Chap
lain McCabe, will transfer to the Methodist
Foreign Missionary society property worth
$120, 000, STIMULATING that the property
shall not be sold under fifty years, and an
annuity shall be- granted to himself and
wife during their life time.
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LAFAYETTE, September IL -[SpeciaLl-
Mrs. Mary a. 0rth, relict of the late Hon,
Godlove s. Orth, of this city, died at
Capon Springs, Va, last night. For years
she has been a sufferer from hay fever and
annually has found relief at these springs.
Several days ago she was taken quite i'll,
but fatal termination was not anticipat-
ed. Her SOD, Hal A. 0rth was with her
when she died. Mrs. Orth was bora at her
late residence In this city July 81, 1880.
Her maiden name was Mary A, Ayers.
She was mtrried TO the Hon. G. S 0rth on
August %, 1850, and lived happily with
him until his death December is, 1882.
She went with him to Vienne In 1865
while he was United States Minister to
Austria and was with him at Washington
a portion OF the sixteen years he served in
Congress. She was a noble woTuan and
her death is deeply regretted. Two chill
dren, Mrs. OrIin McNutt and Hal. A.
Orth, both of this city, survive her. The
remains win arrive here for interment
Tuesday.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
ADamage suit for Libel.

WABASH, September 8.-Suit for 5000
damages has been entered in the Wabash
Circuit Court by Mrs. Mamie Linn, the
divorced wife of Lee Linn, the well known
Journalist and editor OF the Dennison
iTexas) News, against the Wabash Print
ing and Publishing Company, proprietors
of the Times newspaper. The suit was
brought in behalf of Mrs. Linn's infant
son, Lee Linn, Jr., in regard to the legit"
macy of whose parentage. it is alleged, the
Times cast reflections several months ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Gas Wen Stopped.

GOSHEN, September 9.-Our gas we'll has
been compelled to stop operations on &C
count OF lack OF funds to go on with the
boring. II has reached depth of 1850
feet and everything was working nicely.
They were in hard Trenton limestone
when operations stopped with strong
respects to that of the famed water of La
fsyette. There is strong talk of establish.
Ing a sanitarium here and using this water.
Goshen hes every advantage to make sue
cess of such an undertaking.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Annthar Brick SwindIa.

ELKHART, September SIT was revealed
here to-day that three strangers recently
took in farmer here for 5000 on the
gold brick swindle. The matter has been
kept very quiet aud the victims name is
kept secret. Detectives have taken the
matter in hand, and an effort will be made
to apprehend the swindlers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Sent Up for Five Years.

COLUMBUS, September 9-[SpeciaI.l-
Marion Fox, in 1881, shot Mary Pittman
four times in her home, in this county,
and she fingered for a long time on the
verge of the grave. Fox, who was a mar
ried man, went to the house of Mrs. Pitt
man, who was married also, and tried to
persuade her to elope with him. She re-
fused and he attempted to kill her. He
escaped, and after roaming from place TO
place in the West he finally located in
Kansas City, Mo-, where he was captured
by Sh eriff Brown of this county four or
five weeks ago. His trial was concluded
in the Circuit Court, yesterday evening,
and he got five years sentence with fine
of 5000.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Lafayette News Items.

LAFAYETTE, September 9--[Special. l.
The Lafayette Gun Club held its regular
monthly shoot yesterday for the club
medals. J. G. Martin was first, breaking
nineteen out of a possible twenty targets,
and @. A. Davis won second. There were
fifteen entries.
Calvin Russell was taken to the peniten-
tiary, yesterday, to serve two years for
Larceny.
Daniel McIves was yesterday sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary for bur-
glarizIng John Mosier's tailoring establish
menf.
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Fell sixty Feet 10 Death.

FoRT WAYNE, September II -[Special.l-
This afternoon the derrick fell from the
top of the wall of the new Government
building a distance of sixty feet, carrying
his head and was killed instantly. he was
unmarried.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Child burned 10 Death.

GREENFIELD, September 12.-The clothing
OF a .fve-year-old child OF Bert Dougherty,
who resides at Mohawk, this county, while
playing near a stove caught fire, burning
the child until il died few hours after.
Everything was done by the neighbors and
attending physician to alleviate its suffer-
inge, but to no avail.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14

LANSING, Mich, September 9.-The Sep
TENDER crop report of the Secretary of
State shows that he has received 695 re-
turns from 552 townships. Four hundred
and ninety of these returns are from 35S
townships in the southern four tiers of
counties. The total yield of wheat is
placed at %, O62, GAG bushels. This total Is
found by multiplying the acreage in each
county as returned In May by the super
yisors By the average per acre 81 shoTn by
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
A Brakeman Killed.

Fort WAYNE, September Especial +
Charles Collins, of this city, passenger
brakeman of the Fort Wayne Road, was
crushed to death between two cars in the
company's Chicago yard to-day, he leaves
a wife and one child. The latter is in
q dying condition.
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usual efforts to build up the institution
this summer, and as result of their labors,
the college has q larger attendance, better
facilities, and brighter prospects than it
has had for many years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Fifty Barrels of Oil a Day.

LoGANsPoRT, September II -[SpeciaLl i
Ropal Center Gas and Oil Company. struck
oil to.day at q depth of 967 feet, and by test
find that they now have flow of fifty bar
rels day. They now intend to shoot the
well as soon as the dynamite can be got
here from Lima, Ohio.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Advice to Mothers,

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup should Elways
lieves the little sufferer at once; 1t produces
natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from
pain, and the little cheruo awakes as Upright as
soothes the child. softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, aud
Is the best known remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. Twenty
five cents bottle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-09-14
Death-A Bold Rascal. Etc.

SEYMOUR, September l2.-[Special. Mr..
John A. Schobert, one of Seymour's most
prominent and respected citizens and bust
ness men, died this morning of chronic
liver trouble, aged sixty years. He leaves
family.
The people of this city are terribly en-
ragged at bold piece of scoundrelism per-
petraied last evening. Shortly after dark
a strange brute in human shape drove to
the front OF the Williams residence. on
Indianapolis avenue, occupied by three
sisters, Misses frankie, Dollie and Ida
Williams, in a blackboard. He advanced
to the front door, on which he gently
knocked when Ida, the younger sister, aged
about fifteen years, opened the door, when
she was grasped by the nocturnal rascal
who threw his arms around her waist
and said kiss me good night,
Ida" She being of muscular
build and strong managed to free herself
from his lecheron's grasp, and ran into
the house, and raised the alarm. The
scoundrel jumped into his vehicle and
drove hurriedly away. This was the bold
est piece of villainy ever attempted in
Seymour. Ida is winsome and highly es.
teemed, and there is no doubt the straug-
er'sobject was to kidnap the young lady.